The 1956 personal flag of the Kuwaiti Emir has a red field, with in the hoist vertical white shahada, and in the fly a big white Arabic writing. I have here a young Kuwaiti midshipman who recognised this as historically correct; the writing means "Kuwait."

Armand Noël du Payrat, 24 Nov 1998

The word "Kuwait" and a vertical inscription next to a white vertical panel.